<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=2>That's too funny!  So I = wasn't far off with my toothpick after all?  :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=2>Thanks... I consider it a = challenge to get these things to play as well as they can.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net = href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 15, 2005 = 8:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Spinet backchecks was = New Yamaha M500: "damper rest rail"? </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=062391601-16032005>Cy asked: </SPAN>Which reminds me, how the heck do you adjust the backchecks on = a spinet?  I can hardly get a toothpick between the stickers, much = less my wire bender...</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062391601-16032005><FONT face=Arial>If they are = all messed up, it's easiest to remove the action and adjust side-to-side and = approximate front-to-back on an action cradle. Also, square the heads.. Then, = in the piano, you adjust front-to-back (for checking distance) with a = stick. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062391601-16032005></SPAN><SPAN class=062391601-16032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062391601-16032005><FONT face=Arial>I kid you = not. You can make your own stick (tool)--there's a pattern for it in the Potter = School literature--or the Goosemeister sells one at: <A = href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com/other_tools/other.shtml">http://w= ww.mothergoosetools.com/other_tools/other.shtml</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062391601-16032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062391601-16032005><FONT face=Arial>"Fine = regulation" and "drop action" aren't really terms that go together so this procedure = works "well enough."</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062391601-16032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062391601-16032005><FONT face=Arial>Have fun.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062391601-16032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>